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PEN HOLDER.

N0. 298,411. Patented May 13, 1884.

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Nwwasvo ALDIS EDDY SAGE, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN G. .EMERY, Ja, or SAME PLACE.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,411, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed November 22, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALDIs E. SAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, in

the State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Holders, of which the following specification is a full. clear, and exact description, reference being also had to the accompanying drawings,

IO in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the holder complete. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is an end view, of the slotted barrel detached. Fig. 4. is a side view, and Fig. 5 is an end view, of

I 5 the clamp or holder. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 0 of Fig. 1.

D is the handle or stock, made of any suitable material, in the form of an ordinary pen holder, and having a metal tube or barrel, B, upon its end, as shown. Through the sides of this barrel B are formed inclined slots at, in which small lugs 11 upon the sides of a clamping-plate or pen-holder, A, are fitted. This holder A is made to fit closely over the barrel B, and is adapted to hold the shank of the pen between its outer end, 0, and the upper front end of the barrel, while the rear end of the holder is provided with a small lug or turned-over portion, d, to form a projection to assist the thumb or finger of the operator in moving the clamp back and forth along the barrel B. The lugs b will be bent up inside the barrel, so that the holder cannot be removed therefrom.

By simply forcing the guard or holder A forward the lugs b, moving in the slots a, will cause the holder to move outward away from the barrel and leave a space between them for the insertion of the pen-shank, and then by 0 drawing the holder backward again the holder (No model.)

will by the same means be drawn down and clamp the pen tightly between the holder and barrel. By this means any sized or shaped pen-shank will be held equally firm, while at the same time worn-out or broken pens may 5 be very easily and quickly removed by merely pushing the holder A outward with the thumb and allowing the pen to drop out. No necessity exists for touching the pen to removeit from the holder; hence the fingers need not be soiled with ink. The pens by this'device cannot become cemented to the holder by the corrosion or oxidation of the ink, as the holder is drawn away from the barrel when the pens are released, thereby breaking any such cementation loose from the pen or holder.

The holder A may be arranged inside the barrel B, if preferred, with a slot in the barrel, through which the lug d could bemoved back and forth, orthe slots a may be arranged the reverse of the form shown; but the action would be the same.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is- 1. A pen-holder consisting of a tube or barrel, B, having inclined slots to, and aholder or clamp, A, provided with lugs b, adapted to fit into said slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the barrel B, having the slots a, and the holder or clamp A, having the lugs b, and projection d, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 7 5 nesses.

ALDIS EDDY SAGE.

Witnesses:

O. M. FERGUSON, J. G. EMERY, Jr. 

